Recent reviews by fizzystrings

My Context: I never played the Dead Space series in the past, but I played the Dead Space 1 remake last year and loved it! Once it was clear a remake of Dead Space 2 probably isn't coming (or at least for a long time), I went ahead and downloaded this version to my Steam Deck to play through it.

Overview: Since I never played the original Dead Space 1, There are probably a lot of improvements this game pioneered originally that I already got used to in the first game's remake. On a technical and design level every part of the game is really competently made at least, and exceptional in some places. The weakest component to me was the story, but it was competent enough with interesting enough characters that it didn't hinder my experience.

If you've played Minesweeper to death and it's to the point where it's all pattern recognition instead of puzzle solving, this is a great pickup, and basically might as well be Minesweeper 2 in my eyes. The simple addition of a procedurally generated irregular grid raises the variance between games tremendously and requires you to basically forget all of the number/bomb patterns you know since they no longer apply.